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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1935
Page
2
The notice lists subscription terms strictly in advance for county residents and those outside Indiana County. Rates include one year for 1.50, six months, and three months options, with a Wednesday June 20, 1985 date reference.
Harrisburg, June 25. During the 1935 session the House defeated a bill for state lotteries to fund old age pensions. Records show Pennsylvania used lotteries over 200 years ago under William Penn and later, with 1769 and 1785 lotteries, and the Northumberland lottery of 1784, to raise money by selling tickets and granting land by lottery.
The Spring Flower Show held at Streams Garage last Friday and Saturday drew more than 700 visitors despite weather challenges. The event featured 36 exhibitor entries and a collaborative effort by organizers and volunteers.
The Ritz Theatre shows Mark of the Vampire as the last Thursday matinee and evening. stars Lionel Barrymore Bela Lugosi and Elizabeth Allen. G-Men with James Cagney screens Friday and Saturday. Cimarron ends Thursday at Indiana Theatre with Richard Dix Irene Dunne and a large cast. Oh For the Lamps of China comes Monday for three days with Will Rogers in Doubting Thomas to follow for July 4-6 at the Ritz.
Priday and Saturday show June 28 and 29 feature G MEN with James Cagney and Margaret Lindsay. Also on the same dates the Best Man Wins with J Holt and Florence Rice and Fighting Code with Buck Jones screen as a double bill.
Joseph Andrus aged 66 was electrocuted while tending a live power line at the Vinton Collers Company switchboard in Buffington township. His body was found by son Andrew who came to relieve him. Andrus had 11 years on the job and eight children survive.
Joseph Gresko 28 of Starford received eight to twenty months in the Allegheny County Workhouse a 209 fine and costs after conviction in criminal court for voluntary manslaughter in the June death of Ralph Dunlap 16 of Cherry Tree. Dunlap was killed when struck by an automobile driven by Gresko on Sunday evening January 18 19365.
Indiana County best Veterans of Foreign Wars will send a large delegation to the state encampment at Wilkinsburg on June 27 28 and 29. They will take their color and standards and will march in the parade on Saturday. Congressman Joseph Gray will head the delegation from the Post and Major C C McLain will head the Keystone Counties Council auxiliary president Mrs Roy Fee will head the ladies delegation.
National Safety Council figures show 101000 fatal accidents and 9821000 nonfatal injuries in 1934 with total costs around 3.5 billion dollars. The data note accidents as the top killer for ages five to nineteen and detail urban versus rural fatalities and major causes such as pedestrians and falls.
Congressman Joseph Gray of this district releases a formal stance on the Wheeler Rayburn Public Utility Holding Company bill. He supports strong regulation if it targets racketeering without destroying private investments, and opposes measures that abolish all holding companies. He leaves constitutionality to the Supreme Court. Sweet corn preservation by freezing noted. sterilization reference to Germans questioned by Berlin court.
The Myers Literary Society holds a meeting Friday evening July 6 at the Myers school house Center township. The program includes songs recitations jokes readings music and a current events segment with intermission and extemporaneous items. Also notes on members’ travels and local residents attending events. The Indiana County Fish and Game Association leases a 100 acre White township farm called Old Stone House for an all day picnic on July 4 featuring skeet shooting and clay pigeons and invites new members at $1 annual dues.
Zella Mitchell, 16, struck in the right heart by a .22 caliber bullet while yard work near the Airport, has been discharged from Indiana hospital. The shot came from cousin Norman Isenberg, 22, who was shooting at a bird. A bald Cypress in Iganta Maria del Tule, Mexico, is believed to be the oldest living thing. Tired feet relief comes from soaking in hot water with a tablespoon of salts.
Milford Tomb, receiver of the First National Bank of Indiana, urges depositors to file claims promptly with his office at Citizens National Bank to participate in future payments. An auditor appointed by Indiana County Onphans' Court will attend at Room 715 Indiana Theatre Building, Indians, PA on a July date to hear interested parties.
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